Kerry O'Brien (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the USFDA has, from over a month ago, required 100 per cent testing of seafood products, particularly from China, when will this government act to follow their example? Can the minister confirm media reports that Minister McGauran has concealed the AQIS testing results since as far back as April last year? Given that the minister has known about the tests for perhaps as long as that, why has he failed to act? Doesn’t the minister’s failure to act have potentially grave health consequences for Australian consumers?